Heap buffer overflow in CESNET ipfixcol2 TCP LZ4 decoder
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
CESNET ipfixcol2 from 2.7.1 before 2.9.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in Lz4Decoder.cpp, a flaw that lets the program write past heap buffers (CWE-787). An unauthenticated network peer can declare a small ring buffer size with a large decompressed size, writing up to 65535 controlled bytes and crashing the collector.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
CESNET ipfixcol2 2.7.1 before 2.9.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in Lz4Decoder.cpp that allows unauthenticated network peers to write past heap buffers. Attackers can declare a small ring buffer_size followed by a large decompressed_size to write up to 65535 controlled bytes and crash the collector.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade CESNET ipfixcol2 to version 2.9.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
- Fix · CNA ipfixcol2 (CESNET) Fixed in 2.9.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
CESNET ipfixcol2 2.9.0
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-85171 Integer overflow in CESNET ipfixcol2 Forwarder plugin enables heap overflowPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-85170 Memory exhaustion in CESNET ipfixcol2 via TCP LZ4 decoderPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-122127
- 2026-11-04 Alias added: GHSA-4575-chq4-crfc
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More CESNET vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-32573 libyang: lyb_read_string() integer overflow → heap buffer overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-11820 libyang from v2.0.164 to v2.1.30 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-79264 Uninitialized pointer free in libyang NETCONF RPC parser CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2019-13946 Stack-based buffer overflow in Red Hat libyang CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-13945 Stack-based buffer overflow in Red Hat libyang CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-11637 The proxystatistics module before 3.1.0 for SimpleSAMLphp allows SQL Injection in lib/Auth/Process/DatabaseCommand.php. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-122127 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-122127 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4575-chq4-crfc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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